diff --git a/net/sunrpc/Makefile b/net/sunrpc/Makefile
index 5c69a72..92e1dbe 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/Makefile
+++ b/net/sunrpc/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	    auth.o auth_null.o auth_unix.o \
 	    svc.o svcsock.o svcauth.o svcauth_unix.o \
 	    rpcb_clnt.o timer.o xdr.o \
-	    sunrpc_syms.o cache.o rpc_pipe.o
+	    sunrpc_syms.o cache.o rpc_pipe.o \
+	    svc_xprt.o
 sunrpc-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += stats.o
 sunrpc-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl.o
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe5270f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * linux/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+ *
+ * Author: Tom Tucker <tom@opengridcomputing.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/in.h>
+#include <linux/inet.h>
+#include <linux/udp.h>
+#include <linux/tcp.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/checksum.h>
+#include <net/ip.h>
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
+#include <net/tcp_states.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/ioctls.h>
+
+#include <linux/sunrpc/types.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/xdr.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/stats.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h>
+
+#define RPCDBG_FACILITY	RPCDBG_SVCXPRT
+
+/* List of registered transport classes */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(svc_xprt_class_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(svc_xprt_class_list);
+
+int svc_reg_xprt_class(struct svc_xprt_class *xcl)
+{
+	struct svc_xprt_class *cl;
+	int res = -EEXIST;
+
+	dprintk("svc: Adding svc transport class '%s'\n", xcl->xcl_name);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xcl->xcl_list);
+	spin_lock(&svc_xprt_class_lock);
+	/* Make sure there isn't already a class with the same name */
+	list_for_each_entry(cl, &svc_xprt_class_list, xcl_list) {
+		if (strcmp(xcl->xcl_name, cl->xcl_name) == 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	list_add_tail(&xcl->xcl_list, &svc_xprt_class_list);
+	res = 0;
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&svc_xprt_class_lock);
+	return res;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_reg_xprt_class);
+
+void svc_unreg_xprt_class(struct svc_xprt_class *xcl)
+{
+	dprintk("svc: Removing svc transport class '%s'\n", xcl->xcl_name);
+	spin_lock(&svc_xprt_class_lock);
+	list_del_init(&xcl->xcl_list);
+	spin_unlock(&svc_xprt_class_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_unreg_xprt_class);
+
+/*
+ * Called by transport drivers to initialize the transport independent
+ * portion of the transport instance.
+ */
+void svc_xprt_init(struct svc_xprt_class *xcl, struct svc_xprt *xprt)
+{
+	memset(xprt, 0, sizeof(*xprt));
+	xprt->xpt_class = xcl;
+	xprt->xpt_ops = xcl->xcl_ops;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_xprt_init);